Revelation, Rationality, Knowledge & Truth — Page 447
NATURAL SELECTION AND SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST climbed through the spiralling path of endless evolution. . The purpose and philosophy of evolution is doubtlessly the creation and promotion of the five senses. The creation of five senses, each of which in itself is a masterpiece of creative wonders, stands witness to a well-executed design at the grandest scale, where harmony rules supreme. No wonder then, that the Holy Quran repeatedly sums up the outcome of evolution in just three simple terms: the creation and perfection of the faculty of hearing, seeing and understanding. وَالله أَخْرَجَكُمْ مِنْ بُطُونِ أُمَّهَتِكُمْ لا تَعْلَمُونَ شَيْئًا وَجَعَ لَكُمُ السَّمْعَ وَالأَبْصَارَ وَالْأَفْدَةَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ * 16:79. And Allah brought you forth from the wombs of your mothers while you knew nothing, and gave you ears and eyes and hearts, that you might be grateful. ². To return to the main subject of discussion, let us emphasize once again that mutative changes could go far more often wrong than right, leaving little room, if any, for natural selection to choose from, for the betterment of life. . But this is not all we observe in the grand panorama of evolution at play on the stage of life. ✓o pursue the point further, let us focus our gaze here upon the arctic habitat. The naturalist's ☐ understanding of physical evolution can specifically be put to test there with the characteristic study of polar bears and arctic foxes. Polar bears differ in shape from brown and black bears. Their hindquarters are set higher than their forequarters so that they can run faster in pursuit of prey, while their elongated necks give them a more streamlined shape for swimming. Other bears can also swim, but polar bears can swim comparatively much faster 434